Sliders education

[NiceGirlC]

I searched the site many times for some threads which can teach me a thing or two on various types of sliders used on cap badges but to no avail. (I personally think that's because my research skills are just rubbish.) Can some kind soul point me to the right direction?

Makers marks, crimp, tapered and long sliders, those I understand. But the different types of curves (or waves) really confuse me. With no fair or museum nearby to go to and see how the sliders may work and why they are shaped differently, this place is my last resort...

Thank you so much.

[engr9266]

Just to help, where are you located-UK, EUROPE, etc??

[NiceGirlC]

"Far East"...and will be here for some time.

I do come back to the UK now and then, if only to experience the weather.

[wardog]

I would think curves or waves mentioned happened during use- pressure applied to attach the badge securely to headdress. Regards, Paul.

[Peter Brydon]

NiceGirlC,

One of the problems of this Forum is that, despite the fact there is a lot of information here on a lot of military insignia related matters, it is often difficult to find what you are looking for from old threads

The subject of sliders has been discussed on many occasions and in relation to a lot of aspects of the subject.

I have tried a search on "Sliders" and was disappointed that the search results did not find the threads I was hoping might have been found. The information you need is here but will take some finding.

Peter

[NiceGirlC]

Originally Posted by Peter Brydon

NiceGirlC,

One of the problems of this Forum is that, despite the fact there is a lot of information here on a lot of military insignia related matters, it is often difficult to find what you are looking for from old threads

The subject of sliders has been discussed on many occasions and in relation to a lot of aspects of the subject.

I have tried a search on "Sliders" and was disappointed that the search results did not find the threads I was hoping might have been found. The information you need is here but will take some finding.

Peter

Hi Peter.

Thanks. So long as the information is here somewhere, then it's fine. I do not mind reading all 200+ posts...

NGC

[Jelly Terror]

Originally Posted by NiceGirlC

I searched the site many times for some threads which can teach me a thing or two on various types of sliders used on cap badges but to no avail. (I personally think that's because my research skills are just rubbish.) Can some kind soul point me to the right direction?

Makers marks, crimp, tapered and long sliders, those I understand. But the different types of curves (or waves) really confuse me. With no fair or museum nearby to go to and see how the sliders may work and why they are shaped differently, this place is my last resort...

Thank you so much.

Hello NGC,

I too am a little confused by your ref to curves and waves. Are you able to post examples of the type of slider/s you refer to, at all? Are any of the examples below the sort of thing you mean:




Would you say Paul has perhaps nailed it already when he mentions the bending of sliders during use and when attaching badges securely to headdress?

Regards,

JT

[cga00]

I also failed in that search.
Billy asked a related question in the RFC/RAF area. RAF (KC) ORs badges are nigh on impossible to date, but if sliders are datable, and you have a slider on a RAF badge, you should be able to date the badge, right?

[KLR]

Jelly, your fourth photograph shows an original factory fixture. What collectors call 'hairpin sliders' were ordered by the WO for particularly weak badges.

I think I have read that the obvious distortion on your first photograph may be a way of keeping the badge secured.
The other distortion I can think of are those held in place on a beret by the 'clip' that the WO issued in March 1940.

[Jelly Terror]

Originally Posted by KLR

Jelly, your fourth photograph shows an original factory fixture. What collectors call 'hairpin sliders' were ordered by the WO for particularly weak badges.

I think I have read that the obvious distortion on your first photograph may be a way of keeping the badge secured.
The other distortion I can think of are those held in place on a beret by the 'clip' that the WO issued in March 1940.

Thanks Julian,

Images posted for no other reason than to establish whether any of the examples shown depict the types 'curves' and 'waves' that NGC refers to in her opening post.

I'm still not clear - perhaps she hasn't yet read the replies to her query.

Cheers for now,

JT